Inside the Universes

'stones'

[rock.n.01] as in: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

Examples:
he threw a rock at me

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[stone.n.02] as in: building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose

Examples:
he wanted a special stone to mark the site

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[rock.n.02] as in: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

Examples:
that mountain is solid rock
stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries

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[gem.n.02] as in: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

Examples:
he had the gem set in a ring for his wife
she had jewels made of all the rarest stones

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[stone.n.05] as in: an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds

Examples:
a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone

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[stone.n.06] as in: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Examples:
you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking

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[stone.n.07] as in: United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D.

Roosevelt (1872-1946)

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[stone.n.08] as in: United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

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[stone.n.09] as in: United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

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[stone.n.10] as in: United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

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[stone.n.11] as in: United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)

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[stone.n.12] as in: United States architect (1902-1978)

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[stone.n.13] as in: a lack of feeling or expression or movement

Examples:
he must have a heart of stone
her face was as hard as stone

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[stone.v.01] as in: kill by throwing stones at

Examples:
People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock

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[pit.v.03] as in: remove the pits from

Examples:
pit plums and cherries